In the Mt Hood National Forest wilderness areas you are instructed to fill out a permit when entering any wilderness area between May and October. But what to do if the permit box has run out of permits?

Wildcat Creek Road is the western most and the easiest way to access to the Salmon Huckleberry Wilderness directly from Highway 26 (Mt Hood Highway), compared to the Boulder Trail farther east which is moderate difficulty, and the Hunchback Mountain Trail even farther east which is very difficult.